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ticket tout in British English

noun
tout (sense 6)
 

tout in British English

(taʊt)
verb
1. 
to solicit (business, customers, etc) or hawk (merchandise), esp in a brazen way
2. (intransitive)
a. 
to spy on racehorses being trained in order to obtain information for betting purposes
b. 
to sell, or attempt to sell, such information or to take bets, esp in public places
3. (transitive) informal
to recommend flatteringly or excessively
noun
4. 
a. 
a person who spies on racehorses so as to obtain betting information to sell
b. 
a person who sells information obtained by such spying
5. 
a person who solicits business in a brazen way
6.  Also called: ticket tout
a person who sells tickets unofficially for a heavily booked sporting event, concert, etc, at greatly inflated prices
7.  Northern Ireland
a police informer
Derived forms
touter (ˈtouter)
noun
Word origin
C14 (in the sense: to peer, look out): related to Old English tӯtan to peep out

Examples of 'ticket tout' in a sentence
ticket tout

And there was not a ticket tout in sight.
The Sun (2018)
While searching, unsuccessfully, to find a ticket tout, he returned to where he had parked his bike to discover that somebody had stolen it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Puts the threat posed by a few 2012 ticket touts into perspective.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Let's be fair, the only people unhappy about that are the ticket touts.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Why should ticket touts make money off my back and off the band's back?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Resorting to ticket touts is a dangerous and expensive business.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The disclosure comes at a time of increasing public concern about ticket touts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The internet has exacerbated the problem of ticket touts.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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